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Old 10-28-2004 | 05:42 PM
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Default RE: Building a Dynaflite Super Decathlon

With the way the wing mid section is constructed, I believe it would be petty difficult putting in the skylight since the main aluminum spar is positioned right in the middle of it all. I would just have to wait and see when the time comes in that phase of the construction. My dad is an aircraft mechanic at the local private airport and I believe he told me that there is a Decathlon in one of the hangers so I might take a little trip to see him to get some good reference photos to add some scale detailing. I'm pretty excitied about this build, I have a GP Extra 300S .60 that's still on my dresser without an engine and I've decided to spend my money on this kit instead of getting an engine because I figure I won't be flying too much and building would take up some useful time during my day. I'm a college student and my classes end after 12:30am every day so my days are reallly, really long.

apalsson,
I've already made plans to use a G-38 for my powerplant, I'm going to eventually invest in some Duralite batteries with redundant batteries. I've checked out the price for the Fromeco batteries and the price difference is quite a bit for the setup that I want. Duralite came out almost $100 cheaper. I'm still researching for the servos that I'm going to use, one servo I saw from Futaba said "ONLY USE WITH NICAD BATTERIES" what a bummer.... anyways I've got some more Ideas about what I'm going to put in the plane like pull-pull, heavy duty ball linkages and such. Anyways, hope everyone has a wonderful day.